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Measuring the Impact of the Invisible Economy of Independent Work

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There's a growing view that the way economic statistics are collected and analyzed fails to reflect the economic and jobs impact of independent work - especially independent work created by new economy companies like Airbnb, Etsy and Elance. This year's MBO Partners State of Independence Report shows that 17.7 million U.S.

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The Emergence of Freelancer Management Systems

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.  Freelancer management systems are different from online staffing platforms such as Elance, Odesk and Freelancer.com in that they go beyond just facilitating one-to-one engagements between indidviaul buyers and sellers of freelance talent.    Instead, an FMS facilitates firm wide engagement and deployment model.

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